• “I want you to know that there have always been some difficulties in mortal life, and there always will be. But knowing what we know, and living as we are supposed to live, there really is no place, no excuse, for pessimism and despair. …

• “… I hope you won’t believe all the world’s difficulties have been wedged into your decade, or that things have never been worse than they are for you personally, or that they will never get better. I reassure you that things have been worse and they will always get better. They always do—especially when we live and love the gospel of Jesus Christ and give it a chance to flourish in our lives” (“An Anchor to the Souls of Men,” Ensign, Oct. 1993, p. 70).

spread the word!

Am I crazy? Yes I think so! I just joined team in training to help find a cure for blood cancer. Any donations will go towards helping save lives. I need to raise $3,900! I will be taking part in the half marathon in San Francisco! Josh is doing this with me, except he is doing an Olympic triathlon in Washington DC! Together we have to raise $8,000! These two trips will be my first time on an airplane! So excited!

You can go to my website here and donate and see my progress!:)

http://pages.teamintraining.org/ga/nikesf10/mdobeck

3.1.10 2 year anniversary

we went with our friends nikki and brandon to Helen for 4 nights to celebrate both of our anniversaries. It was so fun and relaxing. we brought oliver with us, and they broght their two pups emma and penelope. we got snowed in on tuesday and it was great! Brandon takes some pretty awesome photos. This is the only one so far that he has sent us!





nikki and i infront of the fountain




our view from the back porch

this cracks me up!

Back in 2006, I was in my friends music video. NOTE: I have had NO experience acting. This is such a fun memory. The guys are from Louisiana and I dont see them as much as I would like. But just know, they are the friendliest, most awesome group of boys I know. With the exception on my hubs :)
enjoy..and have a little giggle. I get embarrassed each time I watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCTr2S6OttU

And the 'boy' in the video is Jacob. He is in his own band called The passing lane. He is incredible writer you can check him out here: http://www.myspace.com/thepassinglane

Thankful.

This picture makes my heart so warm. These are some of the hats that I made for a friend of a friend who went to Guatemala. She said she took the picture right after they put them on. :)

2010

infront of our tree. My cute dumbo dog, and funny asian husband.



Erin's blanket

Mom's blanket

The snow this morning was so cute!!!


one of my favorite movies of all times. never ever gets old!

and my favorite character in the movie.



Sleepy pup. he is amazing!

new favorite christmas song.

do you hear what i hear

Said the night wind to the little lamb
Do you see what I see
Way up in the sky little lamb
Do you see what I see
A star, a star
Dancing in the night
With a tail as big as a kite
With a tail as big as a kite

Said the little lamb to the shepard boy
Do you hear what I hear
Ringing through the sky shepard boy
Do you hear what I hear
A song, a song
High above the tree
With a voice as big as the sea
With a voice as big as the sea

Said the shepard boy to the mighty king
Do you know what I know
In your palace wall mighty king
Do you know what I know
A child, a child
Shivers in the cold
Let us bring him silver and gold
Let us bring him silver and gold

Said the king to the people everywhere
Listen to what I say
Pray for peace people everywhere
Listen to what I say
The child, the child
Sleeping in the night
He will bring us goodness and light
He will bring us goodness and light

The child, the child
Sleeping in the night
He will bring us goodness and light


This girl that I know of composed some free Christmas music that you can download and listen to. She sings this song and it is so beautiful that i actually looked up the lyrics and was overcome by the powerful lyrics.
http://eddysthename.com/media/

my boy is getting bigger, and i dont like it.
and my right pointer finger might get carpel tunnel from crochetting so much. I am on my 3rd blanket for a Christmas gift. I'll post some pics when i get done..they are beautiful!
and josh and i went to his fancy work party. so we had to dress fancy. here is up being fancy: